Women should go digital to become entrepreneurs

With an aim to create job opportunities for women entrepreneurs, an interactive session was organized by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Ladies Organization (FLO) on Thursday.TNN | July 31, 2015, 16:33 IST

With an aim to create job opportunities for women entrepreneurs, an interactive session was organized by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Ladies Organization (FLO) on Thursday.INDORE: With an aim to create job opportunities for womenentrepreneurs, an interactive session was organized by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Ladies Organization (FLO) on Thursday.

Sheroes.in founder and CEO Sairee Chahal said, “It is necessary for women to go digital. They should understand the power of internet and try to leverage the opportunities that are available.” “At least 15,000 women from Madhya Pradesh have registered themselves. Women from tier-2 cities find it difficult to make their way in to the industry. But with advent of digital world, things are changing for the good,” she said.

“We organize community meets, job fairs, special workshops, coachings, mentoring, community resources to help woman professionals. The response from women is getting better and growing number of them are coming forward. Indian women are extremely talented and they can exploit the opportunity, if given a chance,” added Sairee. More than 50 women participated in the session. Aarti Sanghi, cairperson, Indore FICCI FLO chapter, said, “Today women are tapping their talent because of widespread digital awareness.”